Quote by William Herschel
"To map the stars is to map the possibilities of human understanding."
"To map the stars is to map the possibilities of human understanding."
"The sciences have been greatly benefited by practical mechanics, and this without doubt the case will ever remain."
"Astronomy is not less important for the knowledge of the world than geography."
"We observe a star, and from the light that reaches us we must infer all its properties."
"The great object of my life has been to observe as many celestial phenomena as possible."